A reason to come back

Most people who know me today, probably don't know that when blogs first started to become popular, I jumped on the bandwagon full force.  It was during a time, where they were starting to become more popular, but it felt like it was a small, tight knit community.  We quickly formed friendships and very close bonds, but I feel it's inevitable when you're reading about peoples lives day in and day out.

We even went as far as to start meeting in person, visiting one another and even holding blogger meet ups in New York City.  Amazing times, with memories to last a lifetime and securing friendships that would come to last as long.  I'm still friends with a handful from those days.

I shared stories from my past ranging from my earliest memories as a child growing up in the Nebraska, the ups and downs of school, random thoughts or what was currently going on in my life at the time.  I was an open book and a lot of people seemed to want to read it.

I felt I got to the point in my life where I had nothing more to say.  I've looked back at the historical records I saved from my blog and at times I cringe.  I could go from being heartfelt or funny, to downright embarrassing, thinking, "Did I actually write that?"  The desire to write left me and I couldn't get it back.

You would have thought with all the things the past ten years of my life with my husband, that I would have so much to write about.  There's been so many experiences that we've gone through, from planning and having a Disney wedding, all the way to going through open heart bypass surgery.  But I just didn't have it in me.  Facebook became where I shared bits and pieces of our lives, in a few sentences and photo's.

It hasn't been until we made the decision to move to Southern California, did I feel that I have something to say.  I wanted to write again.  Our lives have changed so drastically over the past month.  Life is coming at us full force from all sides and the road to get where we are and where we're going, I feel is worth telling in a longer format than Facebook and Twitter.  I want to capture peoples attention for longer than a few moments.

The experiences that these two Texans will be having in our own version of paradise, I hope will inspire me to write for a while.

So using a beautiful line from one of my favorite songs, welcome to Postcards From Heaven's Ocean.